Bears' Ben Johnson talks improvement in Caleb Williams' accuracy
episodePreviously titled “Bears' Ben Johnson talks improvement in QB Caleb Williams' accuracy” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 20, 2026
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What does Bears’ coach Ben Johnson say about Caleb Williams’ current accuracy?
Rahimi, Harris, and Grody. I love being here. I love being- Middays 10 to 2 on 104-3 the score. You know, my limit may be seventy-five, eighty, uh, you know, passes, but I end up getting to a hundred or ninety or whatever because it's not where I wanted the ball to be. And so, you know, next rep, next rep, next rep, and uh being able to mentally put myself in that position, being able to mentally put myself in um those positions like the game's on the line, let's go make this play, let's go, you know, put the ball exactly where it needs to be.
That's Caleb Williams talking about the finer points of improving his completion percentage, which we know is a big goal of the Bears this season. This is Raheem Harrison Grody on 1043 to score. And we heard a lot about joint practices with Cincinnati. We will get an update at the top of the hour from Chris Emma. He is there. And in the meantime, we heard from Ben Johnson. He spoke this morning and was asked about Caleb Williams' accuracy as it that compares to the expectation.
Well it's trending upward and that's that's really what we want to see is uh it continue to get better. Um I thought I just told him this morning I thought the last two days, even though it was abbreviated practice yesterday, was they were really good. And so uh red zone was a big emphasis for us last year. We got a few good reps of that uh yesterday. Um I think he's he's shown significant strides there. He's taken a lot of pride in where he's putting the ball throughout throughout practice you see it early on in uh our warm-up periods to routes on air and it's translating over to the team periods as well and yet he still hasn't lost that stinger of being aggressive and trying to push the limits a little bit and so I think that's healthy, particularly in practice, just seeing how tight of windows we can fit these things into.
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How are the Bears improving Williams’ red‑zone performance and completion rate?
And there's a there's a good delicate balance and and w we're doing uh our normal day off, player day off meetings and able to assess what we previously put on tape and you know, that's where a day like yesterday was so good because there's a few things that we talked about uh the last player day off that showed up yesterday that that gets you excited as a coach. And so he's making significant strides each and every day.
Okay, so that reminds me, Marshall, of the warm up that we saw. You know, the video before the preseason game at Soldier Field. You remember seeing Caleb Williams out there, Roman Dunsey? I think that's uh that kind of speaks to this that Ben Johnson was talking about. There was a lot going on before the game in addition to the actual game itself that didn't have the quarterback.
I love that we want the aggression. And I say we like you and me. And Ben Johnson. And Caleb Williams obviously does. And remember there was a point where we're like, hey man, it's okay if you throw an interception if you're being aggressive and trying to throw it, I don't know, down the field. I love listening to that sound. Right. From yesterday and understanding that this happened today, Jeremy Raush of Fox nineteen uh in Cincinnati says unbelievable play by Caleb Williams in the red zone eleven versus eleven. Dexter Lawrence beat the double team, he had a hand in his face. Williams threw a laser that whizzed over Jordan Battleshead to Colston Lovell in the end zone, an impossible completion, and he made it.
First of all, if it was an impossible completion, you couldn't. have made it. It was a tough completion. Not impossible because clearly Caleb Williams made it possible.
Why does the coaching staff believe a higher completion percentage will boost scoring?
I'm not gonna yes, but I'm not gonna harp on humans using descriptive words when machines are trying to take over. I'll let 'em cook.
That's fair actually. That is probably the most salient point I've heard today from anyone in this salient
point I'm gonna make in years. So we'll just go with that. It's a scary point. Take that machines.
Uh yes. Uh I have seen the Terminator. I would encourage you all to see the Terminator and all the movies that came after.
I got fresh water right here.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does Bears’ coach Ben Johnson say about Caleb Williams’ current accuracy?
0:01–1:42
2
How are the Bears improving Williams’ red‑zone performance and completion rate?
1:42–3:17
3
Why does the coaching staff believe a higher completion percentage will boost scoring?
3:17–3:56
4
What specific practice drills are helping Williams place the ball faster and more precisely?
3:56–5:08
5
How will using the entire field affect the Bears’ offensive strategy?
5:08–6:17
6
What are the realistic targets for Williams’ completion % this season?
6:17–7:48
7
How does the team balance progress with the pursuit of perfection on offense?
7:48–8:58
8
What are the next steps for the Bears to become a record‑breaking scoring offense?
8:58–9:31
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